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414 million pieces of plastic found on remote island group in Indian Ocean
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:02 pm
Damned white people and Evangelical Christians, no doubt.
the guardian
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On the beaches of the tiny Cocos (Keeling) Islands, population 600, marine scientists found 977,000 shoes and 373,000 toothbrushes.
A comprehensive survey of debris on the islands – among the most remote places on Earth, in the Indian Ocean – has found a staggering amount of rubbish washed ashore. This included 414m pieces of plastic, weighing 238 tonnes.
The study, published in the journal Nature, concluded the volume of debris points to the exponential increase of global plastic polluting the world’s oceans and “highlights a worrying trend in the production and discharge of single-use products”.
the guardian
This post was edited on 5/16/19 at 6:05 pm
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Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:04 pm to L.A.
Living in the BR area, I know exactly which landfill my waste goes. It's not Louisiana dumping trash into the ocean.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:08 pm to L.A.
I blame Denver.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:08 pm to L.A.
If liberals really cared about pollution they'd say something about the third world shitholes that are responsible for 99% of it.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:13 pm to L.A.
Did someone actually count the debris or is this an estimate?
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:18 pm to L.A.
Looks like they found the exit to Don Lemon’s jet -eating black hole.
This post was edited on 5/16/19 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:19 pm to L.A.
Someone miscounted. I only counted 413,999,000
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:19 pm to L.A.
Yeah but let's ban straws, that'll fix the problem!
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:20 pm to L.A.
We should make the Far East pay a plastic footprint credit.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:27 pm to L.A.
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and 373,000 toothbrushes
Well, we can’t blame Bama for this.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 6:52 pm to L.A.
Considering 3/4 of the planets 3rd and 4th world countries either have shore or tributaries that empty into the Indian Ocean basin, it's not surprising. The civilized world has no clue that the Indian Ocean is a kitchen sink, bathtub, and trash can.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:00 pm to L.A.
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414 million pieces of plastic found
bullshite
No doubt, a lot of trash was found, but there is no way they counted sufficiently enough to arrive at this number. Its a global warming, Algore, climate change, way over the top guesstimation
Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:03 pm to L.A.
It appears to be a great location to build a recycling plant. The natives probably need jobs.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:04 pm to L.A.
Is this political? Are Republicans against this not happening? Strange
Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:05 pm to L.A.
At some point Poseidon is gonna get real angry at this world
Instead of muh climate crazyness we need to focus on Ocean cleanup
Instead of muh climate crazyness we need to focus on Ocean cleanup
Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:46 pm to L.A.
quote:Why can't they be more specific? It's not "global", it's shithole countries doing this.
points to the exponential increase of global plastic polluting the world’s oceans
Posted on 5/16/19 at 8:14 pm to L.A.
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414 million pieces of plastic found on remote island group in Indian Ocean
Is that bad?? Seems if so much of the plastic naturally grovinates to the Indian Ocean and that island, thats where it belongs. Natural process...natural destination.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 8:29 pm to L.A.
Recycling: paying third world countries to dump your junk in their landfills so you can feel good about not dumping it in yours.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 8:45 pm to L.A.
I seriously want to know who counted those 414 million pieces of plastic?
Were those itty bitty pieces in the picture part of the total?
Were those itty bitty pieces in the picture part of the total?
Posted on 5/16/19 at 8:51 pm to L.A.
9,757 miles from Los Angeles. Holy shite it’s remarkable that our garbage makes it all the way over there.
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